Buckle.



J. C. ROACH- BUCKLE- APPLICATlON FILED JUNE 23, I914.

y 0?, Patented Wi/tmeooeo COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN CO.I WASGINOTON, D. C.

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JAMES C. ROACI-I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB OF 0NE-HALF TO JOSEIPHTE. BRIGKERTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMEs C. RoAorI, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in buckles,especially adapted for use with belts, shoes, gloves, garters, or thelike and has for its object to provide a device of this character thatwill be simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and one which, whenin use, could be reliably secured to position and be very attractive.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel details ofconstruction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter describedand particularly pointed out in the claim. 1

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification in which like numerals designate like parts in all theviews:Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved buckle showing theends of a strap ready to be connected together. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the fastening means.

My improved buckle comprises a hollow metallic casing 1 adapted to beshaped so as to conform to the requirements of the article with which itis used and is provided at one end with an eye 2, to which the loop 3 ofone end of the strap 4 is secured in any suitable manner, so that thecasing is permanently connected to one end of the strap as shown, or thecasing may be secured to the laps of a glove, garter or the like, in anyother convenient manner.

A locking pin 5 whose shank 6 passes through the top 7 of the casing,has its lower end 8 held in a depression 9 in the bottom of the casing10, by a suitable spring 11. The spring is secured at one end within thecasing and to the top thereof by means of the rivets 12 and has itsother or free end mounted within a slot 13 provided in the shank of thepin. The pin is arranged so that when the end 14 of the belt isintroduced into the casing and the pin pulled outward, against theaction of its spring, which pulling is effected by taking hold of theenlarged head 15, it will upon being released, pass through one of theopenings 16 in the end 1 1 of the belt and into the depression in thebottom 10 of the casing and thus effectively secure the ends of the belttogether. To release the end of the belt it is necessary only to pullout on the pin and remove the end of the belt from within the casing.

From. the foregoing it will be seen that I have produced a reliablyefficient securing buckle with but one projecting part and that I haveby arranging the operating parts within the casing, eliminated theunsightly elements which would otherwise eX- ist if they were visible.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention and therefore I do not wish to be limited to suchfeatures except as may be required by the claim.

hat is claimed as new is:

In a buckle, the combination with a hollow casing provided with adepression and means for the attachment of one end of a strap; of aslotted pin carried by the casing and adapted for engagement with thedepression and a spring secured within the casing and projecting throughthe slot of the pin and adapted for yieldingly holding one end of thepin in the depression, said spring being completely housed within saidcasing.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. ROACH.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. DONEGAN, M. E. LAUGHLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

